04 June 2021 U.S. 3rd Fleet Changes Command SAN DIEGO - Vice Adm. Steve Koehler relieved Vice Adm. Scott D. Conn as commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, during a change of command ceremony at Naval Base Point Loma, June 3...
04 June 2021 Tillis, Murphy visit FRCE operations at Kinston Fleet Readiness Center East hosted Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Greg Murphy for a June 2 visit to the depot’s H-1 Aircraft Rework Facility at the North Carolina Global TransPark in Kinston...
04 June 2021 At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 Concludes ANDØYA, NORWAY – At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield (ASD/FS), the largest live-fire Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) exercise in 2021 led by U.S. Sixth Fleet and conducted by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), concluded June 2, 2021...
04 June 2021 SWRMC Supports Delivery of LCAC 75 from Availability SAN DIEGO - Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC 75) was returned to Assault Craft Unit FIVE at Camp Pendleton on May 25 after delivering 17 days early from a Post Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) Extension (PSE) availability...
04 June 2021 U.S. Pacific Submarine Force Participates in Exercise Agile Dagger 21 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Multiple submarines departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in Exercise Agile Dagger 2021 (AD21), June 3...
04 June 2021 U.S. 2nd Fleet Breaks Communication Barriers, Seeks to Establish a System Agnostic Approach at Sea ATLANTIC OCEAN - Commander, U.S. Second Fleet (C2F) and Joint Force Command Norfolk (JFCNF) communications staff broke barriers between North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies and partners and U.S. Naval forces by establishing a system agnostic approach that allowed users to communicate in...
04 June 2021 USS Ross Conducts Live Fire Missile Exercise OUTER HEBRIDES - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fired a Standard Missile – 2 (SM-2) at a subsonic sea skimming target during a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise (LFWAP), June 1, 2021, proving the ship is capable of air defense in a maritime environment...
03 June 2021 Midway, Momentum and Manpower - The Navy's Bureau of Personnel in World War II War is a team sport. To get the complete picture of the Battle of Midway and what it meant for the war effort, you need to know what happened behind the scenes in Washington, 5,523 miles away. The combination of Nimitz's warriors stopping the Japanese advance in 1942, and the parallel stubby pencil...
03 June 2021 Naval Beach Unit 7 changes command SASEBO, Japan - Cmdr. Wilbur Hines assumed command of Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 from Cmdr. Kirk Sowers during a change of command ceremony in Sasebo, Japan, May 28...
03 June 2021 3d MLG, NMCB-4 Rehearse Naval integration, EABO Concepts During Poseidon’s Watchtower ‘21 CAMP KINSER, Okinawa, Japan - Marines with 3d Marine Logistics Group (MLG) and Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 are conducting Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) training on islands around Okinawa during Exercise Poseidon’s Watchtower from June 2-17, 2021...